Not only does the sun power Earth and those of us who reside here, but it also provides or has provided power for most of our past, present, and future spacecraft exploring the solar system. Photovoltaic arrays have provided electrical power for robotic and human spacecraft since the earliest days of the Space Age, with the flight of the USAâs Vanguard 1 in 1958.
The state of Hawaii consists of eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii. Hawaii is the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.
Honolulu Airport is on the island of Oahu, which is kind of in the middle of the chain of the main Hawaiian Islands. The Big Island is the island called Hawaii, which is at the southeastern end of the chain about 200 miles from Oahu. It's called the big Island to differentiate it from the State of Hawaii (you know whether someone is talking about the island or the state) and it's the largest island in the chain.